About John Varley
John Varley was born in Texas in 1947. After spending time as a 'confirmed drifter' he settled in Portland, Oregon and became a full-time writer. He has won the Hugo and Nebula awards a number of times, and has also received the prestigious Prix Apollo. His acclaimed novels include Titan, Wizard, Demon (the Gaea trilogy), Millennium and Steel Beach.
Series
Eight Worlds
1. The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977)
2. The Persistence of Vision (1978)
3. Blue Champagne (1986)
4. Steel Beach (1992)
1. The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977)
2. The Persistence of Vision (1978)
3. Blue Champagne (1986)
4. Steel Beach (1992)
Novels
Millennium (1983)
Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo (1991)
The Golden Globe (1998)
Mammoth (2005)
Slow Apocalypse (2012)
Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo (1991)
The Golden Globe (1998)
Mammoth (2005)
Slow Apocalypse (2012)
Collections
Chapbooks
Anthologies edited
Anthologies containing stories by John Varley
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series (1976)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 (1976)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 (1977)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7 (1978)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1977 (1978)
Nebula Winners 12 (1978)
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year 1 (1979)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1978 (1979)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 (1979)
Universe 9 (1979)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 (1980)
Nebula Winners 14 (1980)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 (1981)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 (1982)
Nebula Award Stories 17 (1983)
The Best from Universe (1984)
Nebula Awards 20 (1985)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 (1985)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 (1987)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Simulations: 15 Tales of Virtual Reality (1993)
Strange Dreams (1993)
Nebula Award-Winning Novellas (1994)
Reel Future (1994)
Superheroes (1995)
Tales in Space (1995)
Visions of Wonder (1996)
The Road to Science Fiction 4: From Here to Forever (1997)
Timegates (1997)
Future on Ice (1998)
Not the Only Planet: Science Fiction Travel Stories (1998)
The Reel Stuff (1998)
Bangs and Whimpers: Stories About the End of the World (1999)
The Good New Stuff (1999)
Isaac Asimov's Solar System (1999)
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons (2000)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 (1976)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 (1977)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7 (1978)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1977 (1978)
Nebula Winners 12 (1978)
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year 1 (1979)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1978 (1979)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 (1979)
Universe 9 (1979)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 (1980)
Nebula Winners 14 (1980)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 (1981)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 (1982)
Nebula Award Stories 17 (1983)
The Best from Universe (1984)
Nebula Awards 20 (1985)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 (1985)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 (1987)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Simulations: 15 Tales of Virtual Reality (1993)
Strange Dreams (1993)
Nebula Award-Winning Novellas (1994)
Reel Future (1994)
Superheroes (1995)
Tales in Space (1995)
Visions of Wonder (1996)
The Road to Science Fiction 4: From Here to Forever (1997)
Timegates (1997)
Future on Ice (1998)
Not the Only Planet: Science Fiction Travel Stories (1998)
The Reel Stuff (1998)
Bangs and Whimpers: Stories About the End of the World (1999)
The Good New Stuff (1999)
Isaac Asimov's Solar System (1999)
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons (2000)
Short stories
| Picnic on Nearside (1974) | |||
| In the Bowl (1975) | |||
| Retrograde Summer (1975) | Nebula (nominee) | ||
| Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance (1976) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1976) | |||
| The Phantom of Kansas (1976) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Air Raid (1977) (writing as Herb Boehm) | Nebula (nominee) Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Goodbye, Robinson Crusoe (1977) | |||
| In the Hall of the Martian Kings [short story] (1977) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Lollipop and the Tar Baby (1977) | |||
| The Barbie Murders [short story] (1978) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| The Persistence of Vision [short story] (1978) | Nebula Hugo | ||
| Options (1979) | Nebula (nominee) Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Beatnik Bayou (1980) | Nebula (nominee) Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Blue Champagne [short story] (1981) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| The Pusher (1981) | Nebula (nominee) Hugo | ||
| The Manhattan Phone Book (Abridged) (1984) | |||
| PRESS ENTER [] (1984) | Nebula Hugo | ||
| Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo [short story] (1986) | |||
| The Unprocessed Word (1986) | |||
| Truth, Justice and the Politically Correct Socialist Path (1994) | |||
| The Flying Dutchman (1998) |
Awards
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Links to other websites
| varley.net |
John Varley recommends
 The Net (1987) Loren J MacGregor "MacGregor is a bright new talent." |  Lunar Descent (1991) (Near-Space, book 3) Allen Steele "The best hard SF writer to come along in the last decade." |  Callahan's Legacy (1996) (Callahan) Spider Robinson "Subversive, dangerous, iconoclastic, cantankerous. Puns, palindromes, puzzlers, posers, pranks, and poetry. A three ring circus of ideas - I loved it!" | |
 Callahan's Con (2003) (Callahan) Spider Robinson "Spider Robinson is the Tom Robbins of the 21st century." |
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